The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-06-29

truly as we believe, that the greatest danger
TO our free institutions is to be apprehended
from the greatarmy of foreign voters, men who
do not and cannot understand the spirit and
genius of our republican government. His
manner of delivery was good, his voice clear,
audible and distinct and at the close of his
address, he was greeted with round after
round of applause and almost overwhelmed
with floral tributes. which were presented to
him by the two little lads, Verne Myers and
Eddie Snow, who acted as pages and who
performed their duties so gracefully as to ex-
cite the admiration and elicit the hearty
applause of the spectators.
Mr.. Carlisle's Grafton was followed by an
other song by the choir, entitled "Carnovale."
after which came "Clouds, an essay read by
Miss Ella L. Stevens. The young essayist
began by describing the different kinds of
clouds that are to be seen in the sky and
then made the grand point of her production
by making an easy transition to the clouds
that cast their shadows upon human life.
The essay was studied, thoughtful, well read
and bore the impress of originality on its
every page. The ease and grace of its young
| author made favorable impression on the
vast audience, which was enthusiastically
manifested as she resumed her seat at the
close of her reading; and again the pages
repeated the ceremony of presenting flowers,
until the young lady was literally surrounded
with an embankment of fragrance and
bloom.
The next exercise was piano solo exc
cuted by Miss Clare Chappell, who recently
graduated from the musical department of
the Brockport, n. Y, state normal school.
The finished manner in which it was rem
dered showed that she had improved her
opportunities for musical culture.
Following this came the last Grafton of the
| evening, american Liberty" by Almon j..
Hutchins, an excellent address, reviewing the
struggles that have been made and the price
that has been paid to secure that degree of
liberty now enjoyed by the citizens of this
nation. But the full fruition of freedom,
argued the young man, had not been reached
The curse of African slavery had been abol-
| ished, but there were still great evils TO be
uprooted and overthrown, among which were
Mormonism and intemperance. The way to
eradicate these evils is by a iudicious use of
that potent weapon of freemen, the ballot.
At the close of his Grafton, the young man
paid graceful compliment to Supt. Russell,
the teachers of the school, the school board
and to the patrons of the school in general
tue lnleTeSL ldhtu IutItlD anu IOI
their efforts to build il mp and make it second
to no other institution of its character. The
young mans appearance on the stage was
one of ease and grace and his delivery was
distinct and pleasant Mr. Hutchins, like
the other members of the class, was literally
remembered with floral tributes and received
his full share of applause from the audience.
There seemed to be about an equal division
of opinion as to which of the young men
really bore off the honors of the evening.
There was a marked similarity between
them, both in the topics selected and in the
manner in which they were written, and
both orations showed that the young orators
had not been uninterested observers of the
great political questions of the present day,
questions that are intimately connected with
the welfare and prosperity of our country.
Another piece of vocal music. Bugle
Song" by the choir followed Mr.. Hutchins'
address, which, TO our taste, was the finest
song of the evening. The next thing in
order was the presentation of diplomas by
Prof. Russell, who performed this pleasant
duty in happy manner, prefacing the presen-
tation by few words OF commentator and